Articles filed under Opinion
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DuPage County's target in consolidation battle: mosquitoesJun 23, 2013 5:00 am - Not long after DuPage County was granted the authority to dismantle some of the more obscure local units of government, county board Chairman Dan Cronin is taking aim at...
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A reminder of perspective and personal debateJun 20, 2013 9:44 am - I just got off the phone with a good guy. And he was an Illinois lawmaker. And I suspect that on matters of social, political or fiscal policy, a Venn diagram showing th...
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The GOP’s leadership challengeJun 20, 2013 5:00 am - It is often argued, including by me, that the GOP needs its own Bill Clinton or Tony Blair -- a leader to reposition the party and reinvigorate its political appeal. But...
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Master of the muddle on Middle EastJun 19, 2013 5:00 am - I have written so many columns about the Syrian civil war they are like rings on a tree stump — a way of gauging Barack Obama’s steadfast inaction and what the cost has ...
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Some room for compromise between pension plansJun 19, 2013 5:00 am - The stalemate in Springfield between competing philosophies and positions on needed pension reform in the Senate and the House is simply not acceptable. Everyone needs t...
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Crisis of faith in governmentJun 18, 2013 5:00 am - It is reassuring that in the midst of so much government dysfunction, the IRS has resolved the question of when and whether to tax tanning beds under the Affordable Care...
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Snowden: all-seeing, or myopic?Jun 16, 2013 5:00 am - Edward Snowden, the youthful information technician who leaked our nation's top-secret cyber-spy program, has made his mark on history. I suspect his “moment of fame” wi...
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The poisoning of patriotismJun 16, 2013 5:00 am - A number of libertarians and conservative populists have found data collection by the National Security Agency to be the final confirmation of their worst fears about Ba...
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DREAMs for our fathers and mothers, tooJun 14, 2013 5:00 am - “Your sons are in jail,” someone said to our mom and dad one day. These were words they never wanted to hear. Their reason to move to this country had been to save us fr...
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The guilt-free approach to consuming newsJun 13, 2013 10:41 am - News writers wrestle daily with a formidable paradox — how to get you to read a story in its entirety while making sure you don’t have to. We of course would like you to...